Thrill-seekers are in for a treat this summer at the El Dorado County Fair in Placerville. If you love to spin, tilt, and twirl you can do so to your heart’s content for just $25 any day and all day of the fair’s four-day run June 17-20. Entrance Fees & Parking Entrance fees for the […]
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• Synapse Wines opened a tasting room in Placerville off Highway 50 next to the Cary House Hotel at 304 Main St. Synapse Wines is locally and family owned, with its vineyard in Somerset. • Nevada Division of Wildlife officials have killed eight bears this season. The norm is one or two. Snow in higher […]
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The Barton Foundation’s annual children’s bereavement camp, Camp Sunrise, is Aug. 27-29 at Galilee Camp & Conference Center in Glenbrook. Camp Sunrise is designed for children ages 7-14 who have experienced the death of a family member. These children receive grief education and support from trained councelors and social workers, and they work through any […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal Terence Crawford, 22, of Omaha, Neb., headlines a boxing card at MontBleu Resort Casino and Spa at Lake Tahoe on June 26. Crawford has an 11-0-0 record with eight knockouts since turning pro two years ago in the lightweight division. Read the whole story
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Westface Financial, an independent financial planning company in Truckee, is offering a free College Planning Relief workshop June 15 at 6pm at the Truckee Community Arts Center. Presented by Beatrice Schultz, a licensed College Planning Relief specialist and co-founder of Westface Financial, the workshop will educate parents on how to be efficient with their money […]
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By Kathryn Reed Even in these economic times, grants continue to be available to public agencies, often from other public agencies. In the 2009-10 South Lake Tahoe budget, the capital improvement program is receiving 35 percent of its budget from federal grants and 29 percent from state grants. That can be partially broken down to […]
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By Michael Doyle, McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — A Justice Department corruption investigation that helped drive John Doolittle from office has now been closed without charges being filed, the former Sacramento, Calif.-area congressman said Friday. “I’m thrilled,” Doolittle said in an interview. “They’ve dragged this thing out for six and a half years.” Doolittle’s relief, though, […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee A Gulfstream airplane will make low-level flights over the Sacramento region this month to collect data for a U.S. Department of Energy climate study. Researchers from the department’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash., will lead the study, coordinating air and ground operations at three locations. Participating scientists come […]
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By William Albright, Truckee Times Tahoe City photographer Steve Lapkin has spent most of his life fascinated by boats and water, and that fascination has paid off with two prize-winning entries in Sailing World magazines’s winter photo contest. Sailing World is a seasonal publication that focuses on the sport of sailing with an emphasis on […]
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The Lake Tahoe Basin will host Wildfire Awareness Week July 3-11. The event is to encourage residents to Be Ember Prepared by protecting their home and community from the embers that cause home fire during wildfires. California and Nevada already host a Wildfire Awareness Week in early May, but participation has been low in the […]
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